Clelia errabunda UNDERWOOD, 1993
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Saint Lucia Cribo, Underwood's Mussurana |
Synonym | Clelia errabunda UNDERWOOD 1993: 3 Clelia errabunda — ZAHER 1996 Clelia errabunda — HENDERSON & BREUIL 2012 Clelia errabunda — WALLACH et al. 2014: 170 Clelia errabunda — THORPE 2022 |
Distribution | Antilles: Saint Lucia Type locality: St. Lucia, West Indies. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 89.8.14.25, male; Paratype: MNHP 7598, male, St Lucia. Other specimens: BMNH 89.8.14.12, female, 'Domin- ica', West Indies, collected by G.A. Ramage. BMNH 1988.717, female, 'Demerara', presented by Capt E. Sabine, R.E. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Conservation: apparently extinct, fide Daltry et al. 2016, Thorpe 2022. Distribution: For a discussion of Dominica and other specimens, including other species, see Underwood 1993:4 ff, who raised doubt about the provenance of some of these species. |
Etymology | Named after Latin errabundus = wandering, in reference to the occurence of the new form well outside the range of its mainland relatives. |
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